Mary Ann Shadd Cary House, Present Day
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The Mary Ann Shadd Cary House located at 1421 W Street, NW in the U Street Corridor of Washington, D.C. The building is a National Historic Landmark.
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
From 1881 to 1885, this was the home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893), who was a writer, journalist, educator, abolitionist, and lawyer. She is generally regarded as the first Black female journalist in North America and Canada’s first female…